Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.102 — Creation of multi-county medical examiners district; withdrawal
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 49A: DEATH INQUESTS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Amendment pending: a new version of this section takes effect Thu Apr 01 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.102
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) The commissioners courts of two or more counties may enter into an agreement to create a medical examiners district and to jointly operate and maintain an office of medical examiner of the district. The district must include the entire area of each county involved. The counties in the district must, when taken together, form a continuous area. (b) A medical examiners district may have only one medical examiner. When a county becomes part of a medical examiners district, the effect is the same within the county as if an office of medical examiner had been established solely in that county. (c) The district medical examiner has all the powers and duties within the district that a medical examiner who serves in a single county has within that county. (d) The commissioners court of a county that is part of a medical examiners district may withdraw the county from the district if the court gives 12 months' notice of withdrawal to the commissioners courts of all other counties in the district.
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